Jock Stirrup

Presumably, a man called Jock Stirrup would have fought the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy.

Unfortunately, First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Alan West would not. The rules of engagement were "de-escalatory", which set the table for surrender by the fifteen British tools. This is not unlike previous commanders who didn't want to engage the enemy for fear of losing ships/planes/tanks.

Instead, these Britons acted like the French, and surrendered. Then, they talked.

Even though I think Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has a wrong-headed approach to the war, at least I know that he didn't give up the ship when he was a guest at the Hanoi Hilton. In spite of torture (real torture, not being forced to listen to The Red Hot Chili Peppers), McCain, and others like him, held their tongues, even tried to escape their captors. These guys appeared on TV, and are now set to make money from selling their stories.

Apparently, the United Kingdom has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys (a/k/a, The French). Even the United States Navy has been critical of their brethren, acknowledging that they would have fought back.

The stakes are higher now. I could, grudgingly accept that the captain of the USS Cole didn't light up Aden after the cowardly attack by terrorists. But, now, we have men and women in harm's way, fighting the Islamic hordes, and to give up is, well, a shock.

So, to the British people who were let down by the behaviour of the fifteen tools, "I am sorry." To the rest of the British people, who have apparently become French, "Fuck you!"